Sustainable Sites Initiative
The Sustainable Sites Initiative™ (SITES™) is an interdisciplinary effort by the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas at Austin and the United States Botanic Garden to create voluntary national guidelines and performance benchmarks for sustainable land design, construction and maintenance practices.
Sustainable Facts
Gasoline-powered landscape equipment, including mowers, trimmers, blowers, and chainsaws, accounts for 16 percent of hydrocarbon emissions and 21 percent of carbon monoxide emissions from mobile sources nationwide.
~ U.S. EPA, 2003
SUSTAINABLE SITES CASE STUDY:Evergreen State College – Master Plan
The Evergreen State College (Evergreen) is committed to raising ecological consciousness through the continued development of a highly sustainable campus. The 2008 Campus Master Plan was created to guide sustainable development over the nex...
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